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Hello, Everyone! I just finished updating my new GeoCities page tonight. 3 different Cathedrals, 1 Priory, several castles and 4 entries into Erik Wilson's Ancient Building Contest and a few others. Over 120 pictures all together, some of my old (...) (26 years ago, 17-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Extendable Ramp
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I am trying to design a ramp which is extendable/collapsible. The assembly must fit into a space 8w X 4d. I haven't decided on the height yet. Does anyone have a suggestion? ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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(...) Hello Nick, You forgot to include your full real-life name in your posts. I only see your first name and your last initial. You don't need to post your middle name but you need to let the community know your last name (not just the initial). (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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I'd say get them for their "undisovered" uses. I found that you can make a catapult (working and all, throw tyres/tires downstairs for cats to play with) with the right positoning on a beam, and made a Jelly Belly (brand pecific for their size) (...) (26 years ago, 16-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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In article <rueger-141098184407...7.io.com>, rueger@io.com had their 2d worth... (...) You might want to consider the 8459 (front-end loader) it's only a little more expensive but has a compressor tank, three large pistons, and two pneumatic (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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(...) Nice thread - I'll have to pick up a Technic Sub to get a compressor tank (or is there one available cheaper elsewhere?) Anyway... Has anyone here seen the high-quality photo of the soda-can grabber 'bot that Lego has at its Mindstorms site? (...) (26 years ago, 15-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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(...) Short answer: I don't know. Longer answer: start moving files out of the IM directory tree, and see what happens when you run convert.exe. Have fun :) Steve ======== Posted via the LUGNET discussion group web interface ======== (URL) Search, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Is the entire IM directory needed, or JUST the convert.exe? I'd like to delete all the rest if all I need is convert.exe, but I don't have the time to remove a file at a time until something breaks. Right now, it works, but that's an awful lot of (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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(...) Hrmmm, I can still generate this error simply by giving it the path d:\IM412\ for convert.exe (...) Yeah, I fixed it when I stopped trying to specify a directory (incorrectly even) for the Step images. Dunno, but it works now, so I don't care. (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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(...) As long as you've got the convert.exe program somewhere, you should have ImageMagick as setup as LDAO needs it. (...) I really wish I could duplicate this! I've had plenty of reports of it, but I just can't make it happen on my system. Anyway, (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Technic Excavator (MOC Photos)
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Hi All, I've just got pictures of my Technic Excavator (MOC) up on the web. Have a peek at (URL) use the nav bar on the left to get to the LEGO stuff. You can also read the HC16 development notes if you're into that kind of thing. Let me know what (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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(...) Yeah, I have yet to figure out what the heck I'm supposed to do with ImageMagic. I ftp'ed it down and unzipped it. Couldn't find an "install program" of any kind (setup.* install.*, nothing), mainly just a lot of other .exe files and some (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <3621feff.3360402@lu...et.com>... (...) And if ImageMagick will run, and likes your system (or something). I used PaintShopPro instead, which does batch conversion. Same effect, but this version worked OOB for me. Moz (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: How do you build an elevator?
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(...) Greg, What if you attached a cable to the top of the car, then looped it around a pulley at the top had it continue down the legnth of the shaft to another pulley at the bottom of the shaft then back up to the bottom of the car, making a sort (...) (26 years ago, 14-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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Oh, and worst of all, the air switches are so tight that you need a strong Technic motor to switch them. We really need a compact electromagnetic air switch or at least a friction-free manual switch. Eric Brok (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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Matthew Miller wrote in message ... (...) 1: (...) a (...) Pneumatics are ok if you like them for the sake of it, for the sound of the puffs, the impressive sight of all the tubes, the compressor collecting pressure etc. If you just want to move (...) (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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(...) Hmmm. Given all that, maybe I'll just continue to pass on them. (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What's your current project?
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(...) Well, actually, they required a $5.00/year registration fee, so I decided to put up a geocities page as a shrine to my cheapness instead. (26 years ago, 13-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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(...) A single pneumatic cylinder will break a 16-beam in half fairly readily. My (big) truck crane boom weighed about 4lbs, mith a center of mass about 18" from the bottom, and 3 cylinders could lift that when perched about 5" from the pivot. So, (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What's your current project?
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(...) Hard to say... You can find me registered at members.self-proclai...stards.com in an alphabetical list of links, just above Mike Stanley's ;-) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Out of that list, I like Bricklyn (sp?) best. Greens? Hmm. Took me a second to get it. Granted I'm in California, but contrary to a popular belief, not everyone lives in NY (or CA for that matter :) (...) Put up pix of your radio station's (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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(...) Are they strong enough for practical use? (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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Forgot a couple of URLs: To get ImageMagick, try <ftp://ftp.wizards.d...geMagick/> The Win95 and NT binaries are both under the NT subdirectory. For more info on using ImageMagick with LDAO, read through (URL) Steve (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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(...) If you're going use LDAO's HTML generator much, you might edit HTMLGen.src in the LDAO directory. That file contains all the HTML fragments used to spit out the .html files. I figured if I hard-coded *all* the formatting, someone wouldn't like (...) (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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(...) "Generate HTML" will do the bmp-to-gif conversion, if you install ImageMagick and tell LDAO where it is. Steve (26 years ago, 12-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I'm stuck for ideas
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(...) How about the vehicles from MotoKops 2200? That should keep you busy for a while. If you live. 8P Rob (26 years ago, 4-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) "Yes, spankings. Spankings for everyone." ...or something to that affect. I had friends back in high school that quoted the whole movie at lunch, word for word verbatim. After a few weeks, one of the kids let me borrow the movie to figure out (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: pneumatics & mindstorms?
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I've just ordered a compressor pump, several pistons, valves, tees, and tubing to explore some of possibilities using pneumatics. The first thing that came to mind is the ability to move arms, etc., without the need for limit switches. - - - Nick - (...) (26 years ago, 11-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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Sean M. Kenney wrote in message <361E575B.3EE764F7@r...rs.edu>... (...) You could go with an alternate time line type thing. What if New York hadn't changed names.... You could have "New Blockendam" (...) Tom has beat me to it. I would have (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I'm still working on my Accropolis Project contest entry/(ies). Greco-Roman temple, I think perhaps I'm gonna have to limit it to that and maybe, a War barge, since I've had company over for the past week. All construction has stopped. (disclaimer: (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Tom Stangl, VFAQman wrote in message <361F208D.DE89E033@vfaq.com>... (...) That I can do[1], but I had sort of hoped that the "generate HTML" option would be automatic. Moz [1] my web page, for instance (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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You to convert those BMPs to GIFs to make the HTML usable, as LDAO and LDraw do not output GIFs, but you really need GIFs or JPGs to be Web-centric. Just run them through a converter in the directory you dumped them to, then open the (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Steve Bliss wrote in message <361e3433.12763437@l...et.com>... (...) I used it - it ate itself. More accurately, I got a lot of bitmaps and some HTML, but no usable output. I suppose I should run it again and get a better description of the (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Tom McDonald Wrote: > Seanhattan? I thought I could go for all the 5 boroughs, maybe? - Minifighatten - The Blox - Briiklyn - Stack'em Island - .. um.. ? Greens? ..dunno I could build everything green.. (?) > Geekopolis ;-) (saw your sig) I like (...) (26 years ago, 10-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Red--no, blue! Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) You da man! You da towniac! Wish I had a basement. That would be cool (literally too). (...) Seanhattan Geekopolis ;-) (saw your sig) The ever-popular Brickopolis, unlike Legopolis (the city of legs ;-) Leg Angeles (another city of legs) New (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Small house with green roof
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(...) Right on the money Mike, 6244 Armada Sentry, which I picked up a few copies of on clearance somewhere. As for the roof pieces, there's a very limited number of sets that have them: 6335 Indy Transport - 1 green 2x2 medium slope (unprinted) (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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My project? About 3 or 4 months ago, I managed to secure a good 10 foot by 15 foot area in my basement reserved SOLELY for my lego pursuits. So I am currently working on a nice *huge* city inspired by - what else - Manhattan. Havent thought of a (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) Depends. What is your favorite color? (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) <snip> (...) Definitely cool. How would one build a town setup around such structures? (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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OK, that's at least two people (other than me) who have used LDAO's HTML generator. :) (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) bridge (...) I just looked at the pictures of your bridge and spiral ramp... wow! I missed the original RTL post, but really neat work. I look forward to your WebPages. Make sure to announce it! I would be interested is some pics of your (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | What's your current project?
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My current projects are: 1) finishing my new Gothic Cathedral (about 4 feet long) with: 110 Red arches, 2000 clear bricks for windows, and about 200 red 1x1 round and cone bricks for pinnacles. 2) working on a theater that I'm calling the "FOX (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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Mike Stanley wrote in message ... (...) Yes, but can she count to five--I mean three? Jesse ___...___ Jesse The Jolly Jingoist Looking for answers? Read the rec.toys.lego FAQ! (URL) in Deja News! (URL) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Got a letter from Susan Williams
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Matthew Verdier wrote in message ... (...) Bizarre. All my letters have gone to the goy (he's that too, but I meant guy, OK) at Lego NZ that I deal with and last I heard the photos I sent were on his wall. But I can understand Lego not making a (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Small house with green roof
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(...) Not sure if this is where he got them, but you can get two in 6244. (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Well, I found out the server I've been using will give me 5MB of web space at no additional charge(Yea, I know about geocites). A couple of months ago I mentioned on the RTL I had constructed a spiral train ramp for the 9V trains and David "Zonker" (...) (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Wonderfull! Cool! The green roof remindes me of cooper that gets oxidaded (is it right? I must got an english spell checker with the newsreader). BTW Where did the green castle door come from? Paulo (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) It's when Arthur comes across the peasant and asks him for directions and stuff. Lots of cool things in that interchange. The peasant knows he's the king because he's the only one who has no fecal matter on himself. (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) Better watch out - she might have a Holy Hand Grenade to use on you. (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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The windows in the train engine are not the same as the ones in the Outback Airstrip set. _ _ Scott Smallbeck materiel@halcyon.com Allan J Smith wrote in message ... (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Totally totally cool. Which sets could I be looking for those slopes in? (26 years ago, 9-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) I always miss half the dialog when I watch it. Darn British accents. Steve (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | New Pics of my Town/Train layout and my 2nd Castle are up.
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New pics can be viewed at: (URL) a little large (around 100K or more) but they'll have to do for now. The Town/Train layout is primarily comprised of built sets (none of my own creations). I am aspiring to build some of my own Train cars/engines (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.general)
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| | Re: Small house with green roof
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I like it. A small country home perhaps... (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Got a letter from Susan Williams
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(...) Uh... I don't think that you projected out far enough ther.e That is just Auczilla 9. Sarah (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Got a letter from Susan Williams
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(...) Go, Gary go! Chants of "Gary.. Gary.. Gary.." were heard throughout the land. "Gary for Lord Emperor of Time and Space" bumperstickers began springing up all over, and the coveted Gary Istok minifig commanded $75 in AucZILLA IX! ;-) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: I'm stuck for ideas
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A nearly all-black interstellar warship that holds a few dozen minifigs should do the trick. (Blacktron was way ahead of its time.) *sigh* Wishing that I could do the same... (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Small house with green roof
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Well, I finally got enough green medium slopes to build a small house. The URLis below, please let me know what you think. I'm looking to get more of these green slopes (currently only available in 1x2, 2x2, and 2x2 apex sizes), as well as more (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Got a letter from Susan Williams
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Matthew, (my first article here) This is the same crappy generic reply TLG sent me back into the 1980's. That's why I went over their heads and sent a letter to Peter Eio (then) president of TLG USA. He had the Consumers Affairs manager reply to me (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | pneumatics & mindstorms?
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I have very little by way of pneumatic stuff; I've mostly avoided sets containing pneumatics. But it seems like there's some interesting potential when combined with Mindstorms. Has anybody made any interesting Mindstorms-controlled air-powered (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: What's your current project?
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I'm currently working on a big spaceship...certainly not the biggest out there, but probably the largest Lego project I've ever undertaken. The idea is that it's been taken over by a band of space pirates, repaired and modified beyond recognition. (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) from: "Mønti Pythøn ik den Hølie Gräilen" OLD WOMAN: Well, how did you become king, then? ARTHUR: The Lady of the Lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite, held Excalibur aloft from the bosom of the waters to signify that by Divine (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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Don Forth wrote in message ... (...) The "watery tart" quote is in the same scene with the quote above. The peasant ("Old woman..." "I'm not a woman!") asks what gave the King the right to be King, and he said that the Lady of the Lake gave him the (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | I'm stuck for ideas
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I usually undertake large building projects over a couple of months, and I have just finished building a 6 storey office building and I'm eager to continue building. Some other projects i've undertaken are: a rail depot, a space city, a castle (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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Matt Marshall wrote in message ... (...) HEH.. Help, help - I'am being repressed....... -But I want to face the peril... -Nope, its too perilous. -- ===...=== Don Forth ( Klaatu ) email: dforth@caro.net Home Page: (URL) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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Do you dare dish the Monty Python, how dare you, "Semi Amusing Insult quote"(1);-> (1)I need to watch it again I only remember the knight, the bridge, the castle and the bunny scenes, oh and the virgin scene but no quotes Jesse Long wrote in message (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) *blink* That quote comes from that movie? I really like that movie, but still don't remember the quote (or anything like it) at all! Sarah (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Perhaps a Princess.... wrote in message <362af5de.42433142@2...63.236>... (...) Ouch. Major declaration of cultural ignorance. Monty Python and the Quest for the Holy Grail. Dumb, dumb movie, but it has a serious cult following in the US. Basically (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: removable rcx
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Todd Lehman wrote in message ... (...) are (...) I built my last bot so that the Robot frame went around the RCX, but did not connect to the bottom. That way I can pull the bottom off and replace the batteries without dismantelling the bot.. I also (...) (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Set Review 6553 Crisis News Crew
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(...) Well, IMHO, discussion of reviews relates directly to reviews -- more commentary basically expands upon the review. So it should probably stay in .reviews, unless the thread drifts too much. (26 years ago, 8-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Set Review 6553 Crisis News Crew
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I wonder if reviews should have their follow-ups set to lugnet.build (or lugnet.robotics, as appropriate) Or if discussions about reviews should happen here? I have cc'd this post to lugnet.build, and set the follow-ups to go there. I got this set (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build, lugnet.reviews)
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| | Re: Weird Catalog from Consumer Affairs
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(...) I guess my problem is that I do not know the movie from which the quote comes. Sarah sarah@eskimo.com (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Got a letter from Susan Williams
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I understand the weird catalog I received now. After I sent pictures of my Huge Gothic Cathedral to Lego, I received the "Lego, Like You've Never Seen It" catalog a couple of weeks later. A week after that I received a letter from Consumer Affairs' (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Perhaps a Princess.... wrote in message <36271280.17743537@2...63.236>... (...) Someone pointed out to me a long time ago my quote was actually a misquote. I, too, prefer my version, that is why I still use. It evokes the spirit of the scene and (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: removable rcx
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(...) True, that is a limitation. And somehow I have the feeling that my plans will automatically grow to encompass whatever number of sensors and motors I own. (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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I have tried that plan but in order to get any strength built-in to my robot I have to get the motors and sensors embedded into the robot or everything just falls off at the first touch. If touch sensors were affordable enough to get some extra, (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Test
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I thought it was the stick from a joystick combo (the ball, and the stick) (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: removable rcx
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(...) Mmm, good idea... BTW, I wish the batteries were easier to replace...it's too bad they didn't learn that lesson from the 9V monorail boxes. Or maybe if the AC adaptor could recharge batteries inside the unit... --Todd ======== Posted via the (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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Not anything profound here, but just a musing: Next time I build a robot, I'm going to make it so the RCX and sensors are easily removed, so I can leave the basic design together and yet move the brain to another creation. (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.robotics, lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Mindstorms SnooperBot
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Thanks for the info. I am here in Canada. I am somewhat ignorant of frequency limits by CRTC (Canadian equivalent of the FCC). The unit can be tuned to braodcast in short range to the lower FM frequencies near 80-90 Mhz. Tom McDonald wrote in (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: Mindstorms SnooperBot
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Be careful of the power output. Assuming you're here in the US, and depending upon the band, the FCC will only let you put out up to 100mW on domestic frequencies. Citizens' band is 4W. Just about everything else requires a license. I'm assuming (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Parrot from Bricks
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I remember a LEGO Parrot model from one of my sons' old Brick Kicks magazines, but now I cannot locate it. Alas my storage consists of a file folder. The kids closets have been given over to camping equipment for scouts, and Mom is forced to admit (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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| | Re: More raytraces!
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Bram has OKed my posting of this model on my page, so I went ahead and used LDAO to create instructions for it. They should be up on (URL) sometime today. (...) -- | Tom Stangl, Technical Support Netscape Communications Corp | | Please do not (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I plan to build a bot that will be able to snoop around into a room (hopefully with people talking about secret things!!!! :-) ), and have it transmit the conversation via a micro FM transmitter. The one prolem is that the bot itself will be quite (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) This probably isn't very helpful, but the one time I wanted to make an elevator, I built the shaft, then lined the bottom of the shaft with colored trans 1x1 round plates. I attached 1x2 tiles w/ raised handle to the side of the shaft for (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) But accuracy is always a good thing. Except when it's not. Steve (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I thought the microphone was cool&creative. Steve (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Greg Kramer wrote in message ... snip (...) real (...) I build an elevator based on an idea presented by another rtl-er (don't remember who): Build both shaft and cage 4x4, then use 4 corner roof pieces on top and 4 inverse corner roof pieces on (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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1-Now that Dennis is 1 year old and crawling/climbing EVERYwhere, I am baby-proofing our building/display area upstairs(moving everything up and out of reach) :P 2-Teaching myself HTML so I can make my own LEGO-related website; 3-Working on a large (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Allan, PLEASE post pictures when you are done and let us know which URL to point our web browsers at! Thanks in advance... (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) I like his .sig's version better. Sarah (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Matthew Verdier wrote in his sig: "You can't just say your King because some watery tart threw a sword at you" Dennis, 700 AD Matthew- Sidestep all this discussion and go with this direct quote from the script: "You can't expect to wield supreme (...) (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I made a 6x4 car with Log Bricks. The top and bottom plates are the only real friction, and you get a cool 70's effect. I'm sure that could be eliminated with a clever design. KL (...) l (26 years ago, 7-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Ed "Boxer" Jones <edboxer@aol.com> wrote in article <361A9E87.39D3@aol.com>... (...) Tastes like chicken. You must be nutty like me Ed. Other than myself, I think you're the only one I've ever seen that replied to a test. This concludes this test of (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Greg Kramer wrote in message ... (...) in (...) on (...) that (...) real (...) Here is an idea to try. If you can get a hold of a lot of slotted pieces used in castles for the portcullis to ride in, there might be a way. The 1x2 plate with an (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Tastes fine by me :') (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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(...) Greg, I suffered all those problems designing elevators. What works for me is: I build the elevator shaft larger than the base of the elevator (for a 4x6 elevator car, I build a 6x8 elevator shaft). Then, only in the corners of the elevator (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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Though it messes up your already nice measurements, try making your shaft 5x5 and put plates or tiles vertically on the outside of your 4x4 car so it doesn't flop back and forth so much. And/or try some rounded or sloped pieces on the roofplate of (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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I've seen pictures of people's town buildings that have working elevators in them, and I want to know how you got them to work. I don't want something Technic or motorized. Just something that's minifig scale to fit into a town building. I tried a (...) (26 years ago, 6-Oct-98, to lugnet.build)
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